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moonwalk¹
- /ˈmuːnwɔːk/ UK
- /ˈmunwɔk/ US
Where it comes from
From Moon + walk.
* (backslide): Coined by Michael Jackson in 1983, when popularizing the backslide and renaming it.
noun moonwalks
- An exploration of the Moon's surface on foot by an astronaut.
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Activity on the Moon, outside any moonbase, exposed to space, by an astronaut.
Similar: LEVA
- A dance move in which the dancer slides backwards though the feet move as if walking forwards; the backslide.
- A dance style in which the dancer appears to be moving in a low gravity environment. Though the idea of placing wacky made-up characters in a real-life context was carried over from Da Ali G Show—wherein Buzz Aldrin was once asked if he was upset that Michael Jackson got all the credit for inventing the moonwalk—Sacha Baron Cohen’s Borat felt like something new, an attempt to square
verb moonwalks · moonwalking · moonwalked
- To walk on the surface of the Moon.
- To walk in leaps, like on the Moon or on other low gravity surfaces.
- To perform the moonwalk.
- To walk in a manner that is similar to the moonwalk dance style; to move while sliding backwards as though the feet move as if one was walking forwards. Alicent’s crew intercede and try to grab the prince for themselves, Aemond restraining his fleeing brother while Criston crosses swords with Cargyll 1. That’s when Cargyll 2 moonwalks away, realizing that he wants no part of this royal shitshow.
Moonwalk²
proper noun
- A barangay of Parañaque, Metro Manila, Philippines.
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noun exploration
| Italiano | passeggiata lunare |
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noun dance style
| 한국어 | 문워크 munwokeu |
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| 日本語 | ムーンウォーク mūnwōku, ムーンウオーク mūn'uōku |
| 中文 | 月球漫步 yuèqiú mànbù, 太空漫步 tàikōng mànbù, 滑步 huábù |
| Português | moonwalk |
| Français | moonwalk |
| Deutsch | Moonwalk |
| Italiano | moonwalk |
| Ελληνικά | μούνγουοκ moúngouok, φεγγαροπερπάτημα fengaroperpátima |
| Русский | лу́нная похо́дка lúnnaja poxódka, скольже́ние наза́д skolʹžénije nazád, глайд glajd |
| Tiếng Việt | moonwalk |
| العربية | مِشْيَة الْقَمَرِ |
verb to moonwalk dance
| Português | fazer moonwalk |
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Talk about this word "moonwalk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/moonwalk. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. moonwalk. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/moonwalk "moonwalk." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/moonwalk.Cite this
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title = {moonwalk},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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